Riffat Murtaza

” The secret of a long and fruitful life is to forgive everybody, everything, every night , before going to bed “

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Its ratings. Its all about ratings.
All day long i was hearing about Paris Hilton’s interview on Larry King live at 9:pm. I thought I would watch it but when it was time for the interview, I was doing something that I didn’t want to leave in the middle so I didn’t go to the family [...]

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my blog is officially on today.
it was my younger son who said, ma I am going to set up a blog page for you.
actually, it started even before that. my web page was so old now that it had lost all its luster. I was not adding anything new. people had stopped visiting, sometimes leaving [...]

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when my son was visiting his friend in France, he sent a picture he had shot there. A woman was sitting on one end of a park bench, looking up at a very blue sky with wisps of white clouds floating around. There was another woman on the bench, but she was lying and her [...]

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Note: A while back someone sent this to me to read and enjoy. Please share if you know the name of the author…

In paradox with his barbaric character, Taimur also possessed the ability to appreciate beauty and refinement, a tendency which matured unhampered by his savage nature. It is said that when he came [...]

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2 cups sugar
2 cups water
Mix water and sugar in a saucepan. Boil. Then let it simmer, but do not make it thick and sticky. Keep it hot till the gulab jamuns are added.
2 cups carnation milk powder
3 tbls ( heaped ) all purpose flour
2 tsp ( level ) baking [...]

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